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To the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Caro- 
lina now cpnrened and sitting in General Asseinbli/ : 

(3n the 24th of Dceomber. 1880, the Gfeneral Assembly uppropri- 
atetl the sum of five thousand dolhvrs "to defray the expenses which 
may be incurred b}^ the Kigali}' a])])ointed rejiresentatives of the State 
of South Carolina at the Centennial Anniversaiy of the battle of 
Vorktown ;" Avhich sum of money was to be exi)ended undei* the su- 
j)ervision and direction of the Governor of the State u])on pro])er 
vouchers furnished. 

Having been appointed by Governor Simpson as Commissioner on 
the part of the State of South Carolina to take charge of the matters 
(onnected with the YorlvtOAvn Centennial Celeliration, and having 
been requested by his Excellencj' Governor Hagood to undertake the 
task of carrying out the pui-pose of the General Assembly, so as to 
secure a ])roper representation of the State at Yorktown. it becomes 
nu' duty to make to the General Assembly a re})ort of the manner in 
which its v.'ishes and instructions have been carried out, and to show 
how the money ajjpropriated has been expended. 

On the 21st of December, 1880, a Concurrent llesolution was passed 
by your honorable body directing that the State should 1h' rejire- 
sented by her distinct delegations: the first, a battalion formed from 
the military coni])anies of the State "not exceeding two hundred and 
fifty men, raidc and file;" the second was to consist of the Governor 
and Lieutenant Govei-ncn-. all the State otficers of the Executive De- 
partment ; the Chief J ustice and the Associate Justices of the Supreme 
Court; all the Circuit Judges; the Speaker of the House of He])re- 
sentativcs, and a Committee from both of your honorable bodies. 

The ))rovisions of the military delegations were plain enough, and 
there would have been little difficulty in providing handsomely for 
oui' soldiers, had the expenditure of the ap]iropriation been confined 
to them. A civic delegation was to be )irovide<l for containing in its 
ranks not oidy the (Jovernor of tbe State and all her higliest officials, 
both t-xecutive and judicial, but a Committee of both your honorable 
bodies, headed by their respective presiding officers. It being 
announced that the President of the United States, with the other 
great officials of the general government, with connnittees of both 
Houses of Cony-ress, and the autborities of the State i>:overnnients of 



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^ the other States, would be present to celebrate the anniversary of 

the surrender of Lord Cornwallis as a national festival, and to en- 
gage in a grand ceremonial on the reception of a deputation of our 
ancient allies, the French, and the descendants of Clenerals Lafayette 
and Steuben, it was taken for gi'anted it was the intention of the 
(xeneral Assembly that the State of South Carolina should, in all her 
<lignity and consequence, be oificiall}" represented on this great and 
interesting occasion. 

The difficulty of doing this properly with the sum of monej^ in 
hand soon became apparent ; but still it has been accomplished. The 
appropriation at the time was considered sufficient and liberal, but it 
proved otherwise, and there will be a small deficienc}', to which your 
attention will be hereafter called. 

The Battalion selected by the Adjutant Greneral consisted of ten 
Companies from all parts of the State. These had to be concentrated 
on the main line of travel, which was from Columbia to Portsmouth. 
Va., by rail, and thence by water a distance of forty-five miles t<> 
Yorktown ; and this transportation to be paid for to said main 
route, which cost the sum of $384.40. With Field and Staff Com- 
pany officers, band, and servants, the battalion numbered about three 
hundred and twenty persons. The civic delegation were in number 
about fift}'. The former were to be subsisted on shore some two and 
a half miles fi-om the landing place, for three days ; and the latter 
for the same period had -to be taken care of on ship-board, as York- 
town is a deserted and desolate hamlet without accommodations for 
any one. 

To accomplish this, a contract was entered into at Richmond, on 
the last, with Mr. A. Pope, the head of the j^assenger 

department of the Associated Eailways of Virginia and the Caro- 
linas, to transport, from Columbia to Portsmouth, and return, not 
more than 350 persons for the sum of twelve hundred dollars. A 
contract was also made with the Chester River vSteamboat Company, 
of Baltimore, for the charter of the Steamer B. S. Ford, to leave that 
city on the 17th of October last, and to meet both delegations at 
Portsmouth, on the morning nf the 18th, thence to transport not 
exceeding four hundred persons to Yorktown ; to subsist the civic 
delegations for three days, and to return all to Portsmouth on morn- 
ing of the 21st. 

The delegations left Columbia on the morning of the 17th, were 
transferred at Wilmington to another train, suffered some incon- 
venience by the over-crowding of cars from there to Portsmouth, 
were met promptly by the steamer B. S. Ford and transported to 
Yorktown. The battalion Avas at once landed and went into camp in 



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tents furijisluMl l>y the United States. The providini!; of meals fortlie 
sohlers was committed to Mr. T. PoUoek, of Columbia, (a man of ex- 
perience in such matters.) the subsistence stores lieing purchased in 
Baltimore at the lowest possible ti<i;ures. 

So tar as the ceremonies at Yorktown are to be spoken of, it is suf- 
ficient to say that, with the exception of the militar}' I'eview. in con- 
sequence of a deticiency of accommodations and a defect of manage- 
ment, they were carried on with great difficulty, and, for those rea- 
sons, with some haste and awkwardness. The military review, how- 
ever, was a great success, and it was a source of pleasure and pride 
that the State Avas so well represented on the occasion. 

That South Carolina was present was eminently proper, for it 
would 1)6 difficult to find among the peoples of the other States any 
who more cherish and revere the constitutional liberty and freedom 
secured and made sure at Yorktown, than her people. 

Annexed will be found m}^ account current Avith the State as to the 
disbursement of the State appropriation, for which the vouchers have 
been exhibited to his Excellency the Governor, and found correct. 

The State appropriation was supplemented by the sale of the surplus 
rations, medicines, and camj) equipage, and I have debited mj^self with 
the sum of ^5,065.01. 

On the credit side will be found, 1st, the account for transportation 
which amounts to thirty-nine hundred and eight 40-100 dollars ; 2(1, 
the account for subsistence, camp equi]>age, etc., amounting to six 
hundred and twenty-eight 90-100 dollars : and 3d, the account for 
miscellaneous ex])enditure, which reaches seven hundred and twen- 
ty-five 05-100 dollars ; in the aggregate five thousand two hundred and 
sixty two 35-100 dollars. Of the bills still unpaid, there is one to Mr. 
T. Pollock for one hundred dollars, and one to Phillijjs & Co., of Nor- 
folk, Va., for one hundred and eighty dollars ; when this is paid it 
will make the total expenditure five thousand five hundred and forty- 
1 wo ."55-100 dollars, showing an excess of expenditures over recei])ts 
of four hundred and seventy-seven 34-100 dollars. The {4eneral As- 
seniblv. however, is not asked for an appropriation foi" more than two 
hundi-ed :ind eighty dollars. The civic delegation among themselves 
had ma<le a subscrij)ti()n known as the Yoi'ktown Auxiliary Pund, 
and placed it in my hands for the ])urpose of ])aying for (he transpoi'- 
tutioii of till- ladies who ai'comptinied the <lelegations, for their sub- 
sistence while at Yorktown, and for the suitable entertainment of the 
guests of the civic delegation, to which object it was not permissible 
for an\- ]iart of the State appropriation to be n])plied. 'i'lie remainder 
of this fund, at the iv(piest of those who subscribed it, 1 have apjdied 



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to the payment of the deficienc}', amounting to the sum of one hun- 
dred and ninety-seven 3J:-100 dollars. 

In the miscellaneous expenditure will be found charged my own 
expenses on various occasions. They were absolutely necessarj^ in 
order that the expedition should be organized, contracts for transpor- 
tation and subsistence concluded, and other matters attended to. I 
had to make re^^eated visits to Columbia to see the Governor, the Ad- 
jutant General, and the Commander of the Battalion. I had to pay 
visits to ]*^ew York, Baltimore, Washington, and Richmond. I found 
it was imperatively necessary to go to these places in person, as noth- 
ing could be accomplished by letter. The strictest economy was 
])ractised in the exj)enditures of the State appropriation, and the en- 
tire work was done by myself, without the aid of any clerical force. 

I therefore respectfully request that the sum of two hundred and 
eight}- dollars be approjnuated to pay the deficiency. 

Respectfully submitted, ' S. P. HAMILTON, 

Yorktown Centennial Commissioner. 



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<S'. P. Hamilton, YorMonii Centennial Commissioner, 



1881. I Dr. 

\pril 20 To received from State Treasurer, 

90; a u a 



.May 
July 
Sept. 
Oct. 



21 
28 
11 

28 



Xov. 30 



Received from sale of surplus ra- 
tions, camp equipage, etc 

Received from sale of medicines to 
W.C. Fisher 



J 28 50 

88 50 

1.100 00 

85Q 00 

2,933 00 

54 56 

10 45 



Total $!5.0G5 01 



^5,005 01 



1385 
in account with the State of South Carolina. 



1881. 



Cr 
Transportation Account. 



July 
Sept. 



Xov. 



Oct. 



21 B}' paid Chester Eiver Steajnboat Co.. 
6 A. Pope, combined railroads.. 
29 Jabez Norton, transportation 
C. & Ct. Railroad, for Abbe- 
ville and Greenville compa- 
nies 

C. M. Smith, W. C. & A. Rail- 
road, for two Charleston 

companies 

A. Pope, C. C. & A. Railroad, 
for Aiken, Winnsboro', and 

Chester companies 

Oct. 11 Lieut. Lee, Quartermaster 

transportation 

13 Chester River Steamboat Co.. 

15 W. C. & A. Railroad, eio-ht 

tickets for T. Pollock and 

cooks 

T. Pollock, further transpor- 
tation 

17 C. M. Smith, balance on rail- 
road contract 

18 Harbor master at Norfolk.... 
Hauling for battalion at York- 
town, by order of Lieut. 
Lee 

lllSteamer B. S. Ford, freig-ht on subsist- 
ence, camp equipage, &c., 

to Yorkto wn 

York River line freight 



$500 00 
250 00 



151 90 
126 48 
106 02 



115 


00 


1.500 


00 


54 


00 


50 


00 


950 


00 


3 


00 



50 00 



50 00 
2 00 



15 
19 



Subsistence Account, Camp Equipage. 

By paid Thos. L. Reese, Baltimore, sub- 
sistence 179 92 

Ward Brothers, Baltimore, 

camp equipage 136 61 

AY. C. Fisher, Columbia, medi- 
cines 28 58 

W. D. Starling, forage for horses 2 90 

Taylor Brothers, Yorktown, 

for rations 33 75 

T. Pollock, for subsistence.... 15 00 



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S. P. Hamilton, Yorktown Centennial Commissioner, 



1881. 



Dr. 
Total S 5.065 01 



Total $5,065 01 ^S5..065 01 



1387 



in account with the State of South Carolina. 



1881, 
Oct. 24 



17 


71 


34 


35 


43 


90 


27 


00 


49 


00 



Dee. 24 By 
May 17 

20 
July 21 

27 

Auff. 8 



22 
8ept. 6 

10 

27 

28 

Oct. 8 

11 

15 



Cr. 
J. P. Watkins, forage for 

horses at Yorktown 11 53 

Boozer & Co., Baltimore, wood. 39 00 
AVard Brothers, camp eqiii- 

page 9 65 

T. L. Eeese, subsistence, two 

bills 

Mrs. J. Cole, Baltimore, bread 
A. A¥. Miller, Baltimore, beef.. 
T. Pollock, fish at Yorktown.. 
Wages of seven cooks 



Miscellaneous Expenditures. 

paid expenses of Commissioner ob- 
taining appropriation $28 50 

Expenses Coinmissioner to 

New York 88 50 

Expenses Commissioner to 

Columbia 10 00 

Discount on checks, Carolina 

National Bank 3 00 

Ex])enses Commissioner to 
Washington and Baltimore, 
chartering steamer 71 25 

Expenses Commissioner, two 
trips to Columbia, consult- 
ing with Governor and Ad- 
jutant General 23 SOj 

Evans & Cogswell, printing... 2 00 

Expenses of Commissioner to 

Columbia 10 00 

Expenses of Commissioner to 
Eichmond to make railroad 
contract 

Cisco Brothers, Baltimore, 
Palmetto flag 

C. A. Calvo, printing. &c.. for 
A dj utant Genei-al 

Expenses to Baltimore and 
Yorktown 

Wright's Hotel to Chester 
and return 

News & Courier, advertising. 

C. A. Calvo, advertising and 

printing 33 50 



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19 


75 


95 


90 


15 


00 


12 


40 



628 90 



1388 



S. P. Hamilton. Yorldown Centenyiial Commissioner. 



1881. 



T)R. 

Total S5.065 01 



Total. 



),065 Oil 65,065 01 



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in aecoimt uv'th the State of Sovt/i Carolina. 



1H81. Cr. 

171 Wright's Hoto! 11 oOi 

\ Pai)er. stamps, &e 15 00 

I Telegrams at various times.... 20 OOi 

21' Carriage hire, boat hire., etc., 

at Cohimbia and Yorktown 10 75| 
I Col. J. W. Barnwell, (lover- ! 

1 nor's Aid 5 00! 

241 Expenses of Commissioner re- j 

maining at Yorktown and 

I returning 19 25i 

Nov. 29 I Columbia Band 150 Oo! 

Expenses of Coinmissioner at 
' Legislature and winding up 
I accounts 25 00 $725 05 

' . Total $5,2G2 35 

Bills unpaid — 

T. Pollock .^100 00 

: Phillips, Harvey & Co., Norfolk, Va. 180 00 $280 00 

j 'J'otal expenses $3,542 35 

By paid out Yorktown auxiliary fund.. 197 34 

■ I Deficiency $280 00 



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